dead end

英 [ˌded ˈend]

美 [ˌded ˈend]

n.  一头封死的道路(或通道等); 绝境; 僵局

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牛津词典

noun

• 一头封死的道路（或通道等）
  a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end
  1. The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.
     我们想走的头一条路结果是条死胡同。
• 绝境；僵局
  a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing
  1. We had come to a dead end in our research.
     我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。
  2. He's in a dead-end job in the local factory (= one with low wages and no hope of promotion) .
     他在当地工厂的工作是没有前途的。
  3. These negotiations are a dead-end street (= they have reached a point where no further progress is possible) .
     谈判陷入僵局。

柯林斯词典

• 死路;死胡同
  If a street is adead end, there is no way out at one end of it.
• N-COUNT 绝境;僵局
  Adead endjob or course of action is one that you think is bad because it does not lead to further developments or progress.
  1. Waitressing was a dead-end job.
     做女服务生是一份没有前途的工作。

英英释义

noun

• a passage with access only at one end
  Synonym:culcul de sac
• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
  1. reached an impasse on the negotiations
  Synonym:deadlockimpassestalematestandstill

双语例句

• After days of arguing, the peace talks are now at a dead end.
  在几天的辩论之后和平谈判无法进行下去。
• We've got a bit of a dead end here.
  我们在这里钻进了死胡同。
• This could mean the India sounds reached a dead end.
  这也可能说明印度的音乐进了一个死胡同。
• No turning or twisting would avoid this dead end to which she had come.
  无论怎样转弯或迂回，都逃不出她已走进的这个死胡同了。
• This was the dead end of her last hope.
  这是她最后一线希望的破灭。
• Lateral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end.
  横向思维帮助他提出了原来似乎已走进死胡同的心理论。
• Was there no escape from this dead end?
  难道就逃不出这条死胡同了？
• It's a dead end! What are you doing?!* Where are we going?
  前面没路了！你在干什么？！我们去哪？
• When I was working at a New York law firm, that path came to a dead end.
  我在纽约一家律师事务所工作的时候，这条道路陷入了死胡同。
• But it's there! It's just sitting there like this big dead end.
  但是总会这样的，就像个死胡同在那等着。